as in strictly
without any relaxation of standards or precision
a rigorously accurate accounting of the war casualties
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Recent Examples of rigorously
Professionally, rigorously test systems for unintended biases, privacy vulnerabilities, and broader societal effects before deployment.
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Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That demanded an extraordinary amount of planning and organization, with all gas burners laid out, all traffic pieces, choreography, and stunts rigorously rehearsed, and kids carefully prepared for the process.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Datskovska regularly reports on luxury home products and rigorously tested the majority of the robe selections found here.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
While they have long been prescribed as standard treatment after a heart attack, their benefit in the context of modern treatments was unproven, with new drugs often tested but older treatments less rigorously questioned, according to the researchers.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The consensus that the origins of language could not be rigorously investigated lasted until the middle of the 20th century.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
This group, which included Professor Berlinguette, was tasked with rigorously re-evaluating the controversial 1989 experiment that claimed to produce anomalous heat from the fusion of deuterium ions in palladium.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
According to Groysberg, who recently wrote a case study about Scale AI, Wang participated in weekly hiring meetings, personally reviewing each candidate’s materials and forcing managers to rigorously defend their choices.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Over the next few months, Loktev filmed Nemzer and several of her journalist pals and colleagues rigorously and relentlessly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
That demanded an extraordinary amount of planning and organization, with all gas burners laid out, all traffic pieces, choreography, and stunts rigorously rehearsed, and kids carefully prepared for the process.
—Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Datskovska regularly reports on luxury home products and rigorously tested the majority of the robe selections found here.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
While they have long been prescribed as standard treatment after a heart attack, their benefit in the context of modern treatments was unproven, with new drugs often tested but older treatments less rigorously questioned, according to the researchers.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
The consensus that the origins of language could not be rigorously investigated lasted until the middle of the 20th century.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
This group, which included Professor Berlinguette, was tasked with rigorously re-evaluating the controversial 1989 experiment that claimed to produce anomalous heat from the fusion of deuterium ions in palladium.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025
According to Groysberg, who recently wrote a case study about Scale AI, Wang participated in weekly hiring meetings, personally reviewing each candidate’s materials and forcing managers to rigorously defend their choices.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Over the next few months, Loktev filmed Nemzer and several of her journalist pals and colleagues rigorously and relentlessly.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rigorously
Adverb
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The Sun, a notoriously bright object, would’ve burnt out the optical systems for Hubble and Spitzer if they were ever pointed in the Sun’s directions, so such observations were strictly forbidden.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
4 Sep. 2025
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The possession, sale, or import of THC-containing substances is strictly prohibited in Japan.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Flip patties and cook 1 minute; carefully place 2 tablespoons of the cheese on each patty, cover with a transparent lid and cook until cheese is melted and patties are cooked through, 1 to 2 minutes more.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Crews are carefully scouring the landscape for any spot fires from that may occur.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Rigorously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rigorously. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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